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The \/vldese News ■ - “A LIVE NEWSPAPER IN A PROGRESSIVE TOWN’" SHOP AT HOME _ ___— - VALDESE, N. C., THURSDAY APRIL 6, 1939 " “ " ^ i n • w . ---—-—: : No. 18 IChampers Degins duties s Community Center Head dilines plans j® ACTIVITIES m Canton Y Head Has V,d Wide Experience is Physical Director ,M Jimmie1 Chambers, who J L hi-; position as Physical the Champion Y. M. ^torf‘the canton division of Vanpion Paper and Fibre LnV Saturday, took up his f ], new head of the Francis ^ Memorial Hall here Mon L chambers, who is a charter hor of the Canton Lions club ® very much interested in L activities, comes to Val Lell recommended. cumbers, a native of Leakes ‘ graduated with honors from Lille high school and later Lifted his education at Shen L College. Harrisonburg. Va. L his high school career was selected as all star UK! in basketball and was (sanding in baseball, football d tennis circles. gf Wnt to Canton in 1929 e Columbia. S. C„ where he tbtrn engaged for sometime Y m C. A. field activities, jr canton he proved himself jader in the civic, religious id recreational life of the com mity. hl?35 he married Miss Georgia tan daughter of Love A. Co jj woodyard superintendent of f Champion Paper and Fibre mpy. They have one son, Enue. Jr. fc a talk with Mr. Chambers istated that he hoped to get irities under way at the Val * Community Center as soon possible. Next week he hopes art the ball rolling by having kree number of activities under it. He urges that those who it? not already signed their inks as to what sports or acti ng they are interested in to do immediately so that he may i t a general idea as tq wha£ j plan this spring. • ' 1 ailon"FHosTTo , Valdese C.C, Teams! *-——. Mese Loses All Matches: Except Ping Pong, Win ning 4 Out of 5. * 1 ihrge group from the Valdese I •nunity Center journeyed to Eton Saturday where they en ^ in a number of contests Hi members of the Canton “Y” ® at the "Valdese Day” which 6held there. two organizations compet 3 golf, badminton.' volleyball, % and ping pong, panton Victorious in every event ex ^ing pong in which the Val * ity’s were able to win tour out of five. One event ^ was scheduled but was not was the billiard match • ihe Canton team was un attend. ^"er the games the Valdese 5 dinecl with the Canton at the Y. M. C. A. build * * Lee McElrath, presi ,°‘ the Champion “Y,” made ac}hress welcoming the - grouP a^d inviting them ^ m again to Canton some tbe suPPer a dance was Hug by members of both ^ A, Group Sponsors Show bhtt? ?rcle No- 37 of the ib a of America are spon «4 KirK,r°8ram wlth music by ’ i’s Her,anq Sweeney Pros- | Ct U U Strollers this Pri-j the VainApril 7* at 8 o’clock, tieco ase school auditorium, h H7blnec} show will feature Parah, singer, Miss i hk I,’ dancer. Bill Williams bier h! ic bass vio1* •ter ti.,Ss h^yer and popular b, ar7i!rd Powler- hill billy iey J,,hlSJ5panish Player, varii,0fTfer fqr the publip bd \ °f Hawaiian, Span big’s ar sop&s for a fine entertainment. 1 Takes Office. J. M. Chambers, former phvsical director at the Canton “Y“, who assumed his duties at the com munity center this week. BUTLER AGAINST ABSENTEE BALLOT Says He Did His Utmost To Have Bill Passed This Term Burke county’s Representative to the State Legislature, A, Leon Butler, former mayor of Valdese, returned home Tuesday and in a statement for the press he declar ed, “I went to Raleigh with the idea of abolishing the absentee ballot in Burke county. There I was told that the absentee ballot was a state-wide uniform act, which applied to all the counties in the state. I tried to exempt Burke county from it, but it was the view of the General Assembly that all counties must have uni form rules and regulations. I have been against the absentee ballot, and will be against it un? til it is repealed. “In trying to exempt pur coun ty, I was informed that if the pill became law, our county would be the only one in the state exempt-? ed:” Quoting from the Hickory Daily Record we find Representative Leon Butler read a telegram from some of the Democratic leaders back home in Burke county, ask ing him to revive HB 16, having to do with repeal of the absentee ballot in Burke. Butler made a strong personal appeal for his mo tion to bring th§ bill from the unfavorable calendar. The House in effect told him that they liked him, but they were not going U rehash a iot of argufhent abour a dead bill. Community Center Lists Activities Program Outlined For Com ing Week At the Francis parrou Memorial Hall It was announced this week that there would fee a meeting of the representatives of those interested in organizing softball teams, at the Community Center this even ing at 8 P. M, Jim Chambers, new physical di rector, explained that all those who are interested in forming softball groups to be present. Friday night, there will be vol ley ball practice from 7:30 to 9 P. M., and also Badminton prac tice for women from 8 to 9:30. Monday night, both men and women will have badminton prac tice from 8 to 10 in the gym, and the men will have volley ball practice from 7:30 to 9:3Q. Tuesday night the Vajdese Al leys will bowl the Community Center duckpin men at the Com muity Center, and volley ball for ladies from 7 to 8:30 in the gym. The girls will practice softball from 8:30 to 9:30 in the gym. Wednesday will be devoted to dancing with a tap class for chil dren from 3:30 to 4:30 and ball room dancing for juniors from 6:30 to 7:30. Beginners ballroom dancing class starts at 7:30 and the regular dancing class at 8 p. m. MRS. O. K. HEFNER BURIED WEDNESDAY Mrs. O. K. Hefner, 35, who died in a Hickory hospital, Tuesday morning, following an illness of one week, was hurried yesterday from her residence in Hickory. She was a sister of Crawford Lutz of Valdese. Typical American Boy" Karl McCready beat out five fin alists in final judging in New York to win the “Typical American Boy” and check for $1,000. The Louisville lad, who won out over 25,000 boys all over the country, is pictured being congratulated by his mother. 1EACHERS HEAR NATIONAL HEAD Importance of Organization Is Stressed To Burke’s Classroom Teachers ■- . The importance of organization among themselves was stressed to Burke county classroom teachers at a meeting which was held at the Valdese school auditorium last week by Mrs. Myrtle Hooper Dahl of Minneapolis, Minn., and Wash ington, D. C., who is national president of the classroom teach : ers. • “At present only about 20 per cent of the teachers in the United States belong to the organization,” Mrs. Dalh stated, adding that the membership goal is from 90 to 95 per cent. Mrs. Dalh declared that fUere is a definite need for teachers’ salary adjustments to enable them to take the social and professional place they should occupy, apd to permit them “a decenriiving and adequate training,” She also favored teacher retire ment pensions, in her talk, and pointed out that not until the classroom teachers' organization grows in membership can the or ganization accomplish a great deal in the way of influencing school legislation. Mrs, Dalh said that there should be a tenure law, to provide an orderly method of dis missal of teachers, who are in competent. V. B. CHURCH HOLDS TRAINING CLASSES A Sunday school study course is being conducted at the Val dese Baptist church every night this week in order to train offi cers and teachers of the phurch. Rev. J. R. Cantrejl of the CaL vary Baptist church of Morgan^ ton is leading one of the two classes, and Mr. Lee Harris is leading the other. The classes are being held ev ery evening this week at 7:15 P. M. at the Valdese Baptist church, and anyone interested in attend ing is cordially invited. Ritch To Pitch In Lexington Word was received here that Woodrow Rich, Burke county lad who is on the Boston Red Sox pitching staff, will pitch in an exhibition game between the Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds at Lexington tomorrow (Friday) afternoon, April 7. The game will probably start at 2:30 p. m. Rich is a former member of the Valdese Textiles and is really making good in big league baseball, A number from Valdese are planning to make the trip to Lexington Friday to see him pitch. Valdese Methodists Observe Holy Week Blind Boy Will Speak At the Church Tomorrow Night At 7:30. The young people of the Valdese Methodist church have been ob serving Holy Week all through this week. Monday night, D. W. Alex ander conducted the prayer meet ing. Tuesday night with Rev. M. T. Hinshaw as leader the group enjoyed Holy Communioyi and tomorrow night, Friday, April 7, at 7 p. m. the group will hear Clarence White, a blind boy, who is a graduate of Davidson College, speak on “The Last Seven Words Jesus Spoke On The Cross.” Sunday night the group will hold candlelight services at the church, which should prove of great interest and inspiration |q all who attend. LOCAL MASONS ATTEND MEETING IN HICKORY Rev. John Pons and Ted Berry attended the meeting of the Hick ory Masonic Lodge last Monday night. They went especially to see the third degree team confer the Master’s degree upon a can didate. Beautiful Phlox Garden Here Draws Admiration of Many Flower Lovers One of the most beautiful spots 1 around Valdese in the spring of "he year, and throughout the ummer months is the perennial ; and rock garden flowers which l may be seen in and around the house of J, P, Pons on Pine Burr in the south end of town. To the casual drivers going up j the road that leads up to the Wal densian cemetery are visible a ! large number of these fine flowers and plants. Those most in bloom at the present and which resemble j a deep carpet of light purple and blue are* the Phlox Subaluta or the Mountain Pink, which may be | seen in seven different colors. They line the walk which leads to the house and at this time of the year are in full bloom. The various collection of peren ials and rock garden flowers which Mr. Pons cultivates includes many flowers which bloom at dif ferent times throughout the year. One flower which announces the coming of spring is the Cas suria. There are also many fine creeping plants, such as Snow in the Summer, which stays green in the winter and in the summer blooms in white, Mr. Pons is planning, on enlarg ing his landscaping business and will probably erect several hot houses to cultivate plants through out the year. He has been doing some very fine landscaping work on many of the leading estates and gardens in this section of the country. The many varieties of plants which visitors may see on a trip through his garden are: Dancing Fairies Azaleas, Dwarf Lemon Fly which gets to be about eight inches high arid blooms in April. Spanish Iris, Candy Tuft, English Daisies and as climbing plants he has ivey and Evunomous which he cultivates in a fairly large quan tity. At present he is specializing in the Pholx plants as may be seen by one who visits the garden, but he expects to have many others in bloom within a short while. A sincere invitation is extended to those who are interested to visit his fine collection of plants. | VALDESE C. OF C. HEARS J. E. COAD Secretary of Hickory C. of C. Urges More Co-Operation Between Communities Members of the local Chamber of Commerce were hosts to Sec retary James E. Coad of the Hick ory Chamber of Commerce at their last meeting at the grammar school dining room Thursday night. In a brief talk on “Public Relations”, he urged more co operation between the communi- i ties of Valdese and Hickory. Mr. Coad was accompanied by j Prank Pox and W. N. Hipp of the i Duke Power office in Hickory who; are also members of the Valdese Chamber of Commerce. His talk before the local civic i group was a very entertaining j one and after his talk had been finished the entire group were treated to a moving picture en titled “Better Living Through Chemistry”, which was shown by Marion Minter, of Charlotte, rep resenting the du Pont Cellophane i Corporation, and Jack Rusman of j Shelmar Products in Atlanta. The picture showed how the i various minerals and other pro- j ducts, such as wood, cotton and water are taken in the duPont laboratories and made into pro-j ducts which have become into great use this present day. There are very few things, it was stated, which we use at the present time which were not pro duced with the aid of chemistry. The picture continued to show how chemistry had contributed more to present day living than : anything else in the world. Sunrise Services For All Churches i ■ win Be Held At the Walden sian Cemetery Sunday Morning at 5:30. Valdese chinches will combine Easter morning in conducting Easter sunrise services at the Wal densian cemetery at 5:30 o’clock. Rev. Sylvan S. Poet, pastor of the Waldensian Presbyterian church, will be assisted in these services by Rev. T. M. Hinshaw, of the Valdese Methodist church, Rev. J. W. Blaylock, of Abee’s Grove Baptist church. Rev. M. I. Harris, of the Valdese Baptist church, will not be able to be present as he will be out of town, but members of all Valdese churches are asked to participate in these Easter sunrise services. Charles Young will sound reveille with his trumpet, and it was an nounced that in case it should be raining the services would be held at the Valdese school auditorium at 6 o’clock. I Lola M. Croy Is Buried Thursday Child Suffers Bums When She Falls In Tub of Hot Water | — Lola Marlene Croy, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Croy of Valdese, died Wednesday of last week from injuries received Monday, when she fell into a tub of scalding hot water. The little girl was bom Sep tember 24, 1936. In addition to her father, who is an employe of the Waldensian Baking company, and her mother, she is survived j by two brothers, Ted, Jr., and I Jimmie, and three sisters, Wanda, Evelyn and Phyllis Croy. The funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday after noon at the home in Valdese. Rev. M. I. Harris of Valdese was in charge. --- THEATRE TO GIVE AWAY EASTER EGGS SATURDAY The Colonial Theatre announces that it will give a free Easter eg® | to all little children attending the j 1 p. m. show Saturday afternoon, j This will be along with the Three Mesquiteers in “Pals of the Sad- j die” with several other attrac- j tions. SUNRISE SERVICES AT R. C M. E. CHURCH Sunrise services will be held at the Rutherford College Methodist church Easter Sunday at 5:40, it was announced by Rev. J. P. Mor ris, pastor of the church. Gives Recital Miss Dorothy Lowdermilk who recently gave a piano recital at Campbell College where she is teaching. Dorothy Lowdermilk Appears In Recital Gives Recital At Campbell College Where She Is Teaching Piano. Buie’s Creek, April 5.—Miss Dorothy Lowdermilk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lowdermilk, Valdese, last Friday evening ap peared in a duo-piano recital at Campbell College where she is teaching piano. Mrs. A. E. Lynch, dean of music here, appeared with her. Both musicians studied last year. Miss Lowdermilk was com pleting her course at Meredith. Mrs. Lynch, also a Meredith alum na and for years dean of music here, was on leave of absence to study with Mr. Lynch at West minster Choir school. The program follows: Andante, Op. 59—Chaminade. Love Song (Second Suite—Mc Dowell. Valse in E—Moszkowski. Malaguena (From the Spanish Suite Andalucia)—Lecuona. 1 The Dancer In the Patio—Rep I per. Espana Rhapsody—Chabrier. Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2—Chopin. The Flight of the Bumblebee— Rimsky-Korsakow. The Blue Danube Waltzes— Strauss. * Miss Lowdermilk is accompanist for the college glee club. This spring the group has given a sa cred concert at six churches, and is scheduled to give eight more by May 7. Miss Lowdermilk recently made a trip to historic Charleston and saw the azaleas at Magnolia Gar dens and Cypress Gardens. She plans to return home this week for the Easter holidays. 'Dick4 Frazier In A.R.R.L. Contest Places Second in State In Contest For Amateur Radio Operators. According to an announcement made by the American Radio Re lay League Richard “Rick” Fraz ier, local radio man who operates amateur station W4CDG, has placed second for the State of North Carolina and tenth in the nation in the latest contest con ducted by the A. R. R. L. The contest which was interna tional in scope was judged on the number of different., contacts a station or operator made in the required time given. Frazier succeeded in contacting 340 different station, which in-1 elude such places as Japan, Java, New Guinea, Sumatra, New Zea land, Australia, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chili, Argentine, Brazil, Honduras, and Guttamala. British Guinea, Venezuela, French Morroca, South Africa, Tangiers, Azores, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Poland, Denmark, Swed en, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Es thonia, France, England, Wales, Scotland, Hawaii, Haiti, Barba does, and many other far away places. In another contest sponsored by the A. R. R. L. last fall, Fraz ier won out for the North Caro lina district, placing first. EASTER SERVICES AT DREXEL CHURCH Rev. DsC. Wesson of the Drexel Baptist chltrch will have as his topic for his Easter Sunday**morn ing service “The Seven Wonders of The Resurection,” taken from Luke 24: 1-27. ITOWN ELECTION j SET FOR MAY 2 j New Mayor and Five New ! Members Will Be Elected For Town Board. A new registration is ordered by the Town of Valdese for its mu nicipal election set for Tuesday, May 2, according to announce ment by officials. A mayor and a board of five commissioners will be chosen in the biennial election. The town board named Prank W. Pons as registrar, with Prank Tise and John Garrou, Sr., as judges for the election. City hall was desig nated as the polling place. In a formal notice of the board’s decision for a new regis tration, since Valdese has not had a new registration for some time, it was stated that the registration books will be kept open from 9 a. m. April 8 to sunset April 22, with Saturday, April 29, desig nated as challenge day. Prospective candidates must file a written notice of their intention to become candidates on or be fore 12 o’clock noon on April 22, filing with the town clerk, Fred erick Ribet. County P.-T.A.Group Elects New Officers Mrs. Melissa Grill Is Elected As Vice-President Of County Group. | The Burke County Parent Teacher Council held its last | meeting at the Morganton high school last week. The group elect ed Mrs. L. C. Johnston of Ruth erford College president, and Mrs. Melissa Grill of Valdese vice-pres ident. Mrs. Fred Lane of Salem was elected secretary. The meeting was conducted by Mrs. E. Oscar Randolph of Mor ganton, past president, and schools represented were: Mor ganton, Valdese, Oak Hill, Drexel, Rutherford College, Icard, Ches terfield, Mull, Salem, and George Hildebrand. R. L. Patton, Burke county schools superintendent, made a . talk in which he set forth the following objectives for the coun cil: first, to work toward making the lunchrooms of the county schools self-supporting; second, to organize a P.-T. A. in each school in the county; third, to cooper ate with the county health officer to bring about better and more regular attendance in the schools; fourth, to emphasize to the boys and girls, the privileges of living undar the American government and give them a better apprecia tion of their rights and privileges in this country. A committee was appointed to appear before the county board of commissioners, to solicit aid for the lunchroom projects. Serving on the committee will be Prof. Fred Lane, Salem, Mrs. W. H. Kibler of Morganton, Mrs. Russell of Drexel, Mrs. Johnston of Ru therford College, Mrs. J. D. Brink ley of Valdese and Mrs. G. T. Whitley of Rutherford Colleeg. Lions Club Meets In Drexel Tonight I ■ The Valdese Lions club will hold th^ir regular meeting tonight with Drexel members at Drexel. At this occasion the local club will welcome into its ranks two other Drexel members. After the meeting and a de lightful supper which is being arranged the Lions will attend their Easter benefit dance at the Valdese community center with music provided by Skeets Morris and his Auburn Cavaliers. The dance starts at 9:30. HAS INTERESTING WINDOW DISPLAY One of the most interesting Easter windows displays may be seen at Ivey’s Restaurant in the new Hudson building. A number of colored baby chicks have been in the window with a white moth er rabbit and about four small ! rabbits. To top the interesting j window aisplay an aquarium rests in the middle separating the | chicks and the rabbits. The live exhibition has been a , source of enjoyment to many youngsters in the community who I have stopped there to look at it.
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